• Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com and by calling (800) 745-3000. Tickets can be purchased in advance in person at the Smoothie King Center box office. Advance purchase-priced tickets for the first weekend are available through April 27. Advance purchase-priced tickets for the second weekend are available through May 3. All Jazz Fest tickets are subject to additional service fees and handling charges.

• Gray Line operates continuous round-trip transportation to the festival from the Sheraton Hotel (500 Canal St.), Steamboat Natchez dock (Toulouse Street at the
Mississippi River) and City Park (Wisner Boulevard at Filmore Avenue) from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for $20 from downtown or $15 from City Park. A one-way ticket from the festival to downtown is $10. For more information call (504) 569-1401 or (800) 535-7786 or visit www.grayline-
neworleans.com/jazz-fest-express.html.

• Bicycle parking is available near the
Gentilly Boulevard and Sauvage
Street entrances.

JAZZ FEST PERMITS

• Small bags and backpacks (17 by 12 by
10 inches) and 12-pack soft coolers